Meaning of secus | Babel Free
[ˈsɛ.kʊs]Definitions
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otherwise, to the contrary no-superlative
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differently no-superlative
Examples
“sin secus”
otherwise, if not
“[Cleostrata] Quis uotat? [Lysidamus] Optumum atque aequissumum istud esse iure iudico. Postremo si illuc quod uolumus eueniet, gaudebimus: Sin secus, patiemur animis aequis. tene sortem tibi: Vide quid scriptumst. [Olympo] Vnum. [Chalinus] Iniquomst, quia isti prius quam mihist.”
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“Oratorum genera esse dicuntur tamquam poetarum; id secus est, nam alterum est multiplex”
They say there are different kinds of orators, as these exist among poets; but it is otherwise, though of poets there are many.
“haud secus, non secus (quam, ac)”
not differently than, just as, even so (as)
“[…] ; quamquam de gloria vix dicere ausim, si nos et hostes haud secus quam feminas abditos intra vallum omnibus contumeliis eludunt, et […]”
[…] ; though I had as lief not to speak of glory, when the enemy jeers us with much abuse as if women concealing behind walls, and […]
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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